Bonus points if you use the lift!
This thread got me thinking. I've got a 728, which is a compact tractor wannabee, and even with the deck removed from the frame, I get the heebeejeebees lifting even the deck like that to attend to the blades. Double goes for the side pull behind.
Although I think the front end is more than strong enough to be lifted like that, even at the front axle/frame pivot, I don't like getting my own mug under such things. Specially when you are trying to tighten the deck blade volts and the top is swaying in the breeze from dangling.
All day, I've been thinking of the HF ramps which are plenty to hold the tractor, and I've been thinking it would be cool to make some inboard ramps parallel to the car lift ramps for the width of the tractor-
But then I wondered if you took one of the HF ramps, and mounted it perpendicular to the 'lead in' on the car lift, bolted in place upside down (like I pictured my ramps), and drove the front tractor wheels into the HF ramp- it would catch the front wheels and lift would raise the front end just like the strap. Would have to be in neutral though, and would want to strap the front wheels down into the HF ramp.
I would still probably do the inboard ramp thingee like others said though. Might not be as good access with the ramps running between you and the blades, but at least for me, less heebeejeebees.
The perpendicular HF ramp would be a heck of a lot more stable than the pulley thing though. I hate doing the pulley strap myself so much I usually put off sharpening blades way longer than I should. Cleaning the deck? fudgettabouttitt~!